Carcharhinidae — Common names

Requiem Sharks learn more about names for this taxon

Many people know organisms only by the common names, or "vernacular" names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. This tab shows all the common names provided to EOL for this organism from a variety of providers, including EOL curators. Currently we can only set one preferred common name per language on a given EOL page, but all the names should be searchable.

Common names listed by language

Preferred marks the preferred name for each language.

English

Name Sources Status
Requiem Sharks Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), NCBI Taxonomy, uBio Trusted

Chinese

Name Sources Status
真鲨科 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted

French

Name Sources Status
mangeurs d'hommes Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), uBio Trusted
mangeurs d?hommes Unknown, uBio Trusted

German

Name Sources Status
Requiemhaie Michael Wunderli Trusted

Spanish

Name Sources Status
Carcharhinidae Unknown Trusted
tiburones gambuso Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), uBio Trusted

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